
APA Unveils Early Plans for the Next DSM - Medscape
Jun 2, 2025 · The American Psychiatric Association presented early plans for the next DSM, with the goal of publishing a new edition within the next 4 years.
Finally, a New Drug for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? - Medscape
Dec 20, 2024 · The trial met its primary endpoint of change in the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) (CAPS-5) total …
Culture-Specific Psychiatric Syndromes: A Review - Medscape
Aug 24, 2018 · Traditionally, it probably included a range of mental health disorders and accompanying somatic symptoms, which would meet today's DSM-5 criteria for a mood or …
20 More Rare and Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes - Medscape
Jul 10, 2014 · Found in Cambodians and Cambodian immigrants, and new to DSM-5, is khyâl cap -- or, "wind attacks" -- characterized by dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitations, and other …
Health Anxiety: Advice for Identification and Management
Sep 8, 2025 · The DSM 5 classifies this as somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder. Illness anxiety disorder focuses on the fear of illness itself, while somatic symptom disorder …
New ICD-10-CM Codes a 'Big Switch-Over' - Medscape
Oct 10, 2022 · The coding changes for major and mild neurocognitive disorders represent the most consequential coding changes for DSM-5 disorders since 2015.
Could Your Patient Be a Victim of Munchausen by Proxy?
Jan 15, 2025 · The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) uses the term “factitious disorder imposed on self (FDIS),” which includes falsification of …
PTSD Needs a New Name, Experts Say — Here's Why - Medscape
Aug 14, 2024 · To reduce stigma and improve treatment rates, a group of clinicians is lobbying the APA to change the term posttraumatic stress disorder to posttraumatic stress injury.
First New PTSD Drug in Two Decades On the Horizon? - Medscape
Jul 14, 2025 · An FDA advisory panel will meet July 18 to consider a supplemental new drug application for the antipsychotic brexpiprazole, in combination with sertraline, for the treatment …
Gambling Disorder On the Rise, but Often Overlooked - Medscape
Dec 20, 2024 · Gambling is on the rise, and gambling disorder is now recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). The condition is …